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Box 61

 Container

Contains 320 Results:

Industries Around Sewell's Point Yard: Freight Cars and Tank Cars, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 101
Scope and Contents

Industries around Sewell's Point Yard: Coghill grain elevator, fertilizer plants (photo looking in different direction from exhibit B-27). Taken in the same general area as the previous exhibit but looking in a different direction and showing now the extent of the industries served in his area.

Dates: 1960

Sheldon R. Lewis

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 2

Reading Company Interchange, Delaware Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Engine couples to two cars on Reading Company interchange, track No. 19 at Noble Street. Note curvature of track. Fireman has view of cars from his window, the engineer does not.

Dates: 1960

Traffic Moving South on Delaware Avenue, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

View of traffic moving southward on Delaware Avenue at night. Note poor lighting conditions.

Dates: 1960

Tidewater Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Tidewater yard, which is located at the southern end of Delaware Avenue. Note curvature of tracks and road crossing immediately in front of engine. Fireman has good visibility at this point, but the engineer does not.

Dates: 1960

Tidewater Yard Grade Crossing, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Automobile moving over road crossing in front of engine at Tidewater Yard. Note there are no warning signs to protect crossing.

Dates: 1960

Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960

Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960

Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960

Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960